Almost every year for the past decade, Dan Bolnick has made the 2,400-mile trek from his home in Austin, Texas, to a campsite on Vancouver Island to study a thumb-sized fish that makes its home in the island’s remote lakes and streams.

Educators working to inspire the next generation of scientists are learning that engaging students in research – not one by one, but by the hundreds or thousands on a single project – can drive discovery forward, propelling research in ways that would be impossible without a massive group effort.

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